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No. 626,5I0. Patented lune, |899. H YTALKS.

BOX LOOM.

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY TALKS, OF PATERSON, NEWT-JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IILIIIAM MEIJVIN, OF SAME PLACE.

BOX-LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,510, dated June 6. 1899.

Aiptmiou fiieanecember 28,1898," Seraing. 700,496. Numtel To (all wiz/0772, it ntf/,y concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY TALKS, a citizen of the United States, residingin Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Im provem ents in Box-Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

rFhis invention rela-tes to devices commonly known as binders for shuttle boxes in looms for affording elastic or cushioned stopping means for the shuttles that are driven across the batten into said shuttle-boxes.

'The object of the invention is to so construct a device of this nature as to appreciably increase the lasting qualities thereof `an d to render adj ustmentwith respect thereto feasible, so that the binder can be made to best serve its intended function.

Y Further objects of the invention are to secure inexpensiveness and simplicity of coni struction and effectiveness in the operation of said binder.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accoinpan ying drawings, wherein- Figure lis a front view of a portion of a lay or batten and of its `adjacent parts, showing the shuttle-boxes provided with my improvements; Fig. 2, a top plan view of the shuttlebox detached and of my improved binder in position therein; Fig. 3, a view in elevation of my improved binder, andFig. t a longitudinal sectional view of the latter.

In said drawings, ci. indicates the lay or batten of the loom, in the extended frame c of which are arranged the shuttle-boxes h, supported by the box-rod e and guided in the bracket CZ and the end portion of the hatten, respectively, all of the usual and well-known construction. To one end of each shuttleboX, preferably to its outer end, is secured an elongated (bent or curved) spring f, the free end of which bears upon the rear portion of the binder, as hereinafter described. Said binder consists of an elongated metallic frame g, having a longitudinal opening 7L formed' in it, substantially midway thereof, and extending lfor about two-thirds of its length. One end of the body of the binder is pene- -irated by a vertical orifice t', whereby the :binder is pivotally secured to the shuttle-box by means of a boltj, extending through lugs 7s near the outer end of said shuttle-box, while the other end of said binder is flattened and adapted to be disposed against a projection m on the inner end of the shuttle-box and between said projection and a removable pin fn, extending through lugs o, preferably projecting from each of said projections m on the various sh Little-boxes. The opening 7L in the body of the binder is spanned by a bridgepiece p, having a depression q in its outer face for the reception of the free end of the springf, which bears against said bridge and holds the binder in operative position. In the opening h formed in said body is an elongated shoe o', preferably having the shape of but being a little smaller than said opening. This shoe is form ed of hard Wood or any suitable material, and it is backed by a metallic plate s, secured to said shoe by screws t and having its free ends curved or hookshaped and embedded in the ends of the shoe.

u designates a staple which penetrates the plate s and whose ends are formed into heads o.

w indicates an elastic strip forming a spring which projects through the staple u and whose ends rest in recesses xx, provided in the outer faces ot webs y, situated one on each side of the bridge p.

,e indicates apair of adj listing-screws which penetrate and work in the webs y and by the manipulation of which adjustment ofthe shoe in the body portion of the binder is effected.

It should be remarked that the acting or bearing face of the shoe is not plane, but bulges somewhat for an obvious Aand wellknown reason.

It Will be obvious in view of the foregoing that the construction of my improved binder renders it possible not only to adjust the actin g or bearin g portion thereof-that is to say, the part which I term the shoeso that the binder may be made to act at its best upon the shuttles in stopping the same, but also permits of a removal of said shoe for the purz having been first manipulatedl so as to reduce the tension on said spring. Hereto'fore Where a thin Wooden shoe was securedl upon the face of an elongated metal bar corref Vsponding to the body portion of my binder,

but Without having the opening therein, each shoe end sooner or later became spaced from the bar, so as not only to act more or'less as a retarding means to the shuttle, but also to form a crevice, which was objectionable, if for no other reason because it afforded a place for the collection of dirt, &c. The arrangement of the shoe in my device overcomes this objection.

Having thus fully describedvmy invention,v whatl claim,and desire-to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A binder comprisinga body portion having an elongated opening therein, a shoe arranged in said opening and constituting the bearing or acting portion of said binder, an elongated spring connection between said shoe and the body portion, and adjusting means between said shoe and said body portion, substantially as described.

2. A binder comprising a body portion hav'- ing an elongated opening therein, a shoe arranged in said opening and constituting the bearing or acting portion of said binder, a staple mounted upon the rear'face of said shoe, an elongated spring extending through said staple and bearing at its ends upon the body portion of said binder, and adjusting means between said shoe and said body portion, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December, 1898.

HENRY TALKs.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, JOHN W. STEWARD. 

